diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/fonts.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/fonts.cljs
index 146b78a46..cbdf0d35a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/fonts.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/fonts.cljs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
    [clojure.set :as set]
    [app.util.object :as obj]))
 
+(defonce default-font "sourcesanspro")
+
 (def google-fonts
   (preload-gfonts "fonts/gfonts.2020.04.23.json"))
 
@@ -120,6 +122,12 @@
         variants (str/join "," (map :id variants))]
     (str base ":" variants "&display=block")))
 
+(defn font-url [font-id font-variant-id]
+  (let [{:keys [backend family] :as entry} (get @fontsdb font-id)]
+    (case backend
+      :google (gfont-url family {:id font-variant-id})
+      (str "/fonts/" family "-" (or font-variant-id "regular") ".woff"))))
+
 (defmulti ^:private load-font :backend)
 
 (defmethod load-font :builtin
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text.cljs
index d78db4bb0..de1a87f4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text.cljs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         text-transform (obj/get data "text-transform")
         line-height (obj/get data "line-height")
 
-        font-id (obj/get data "font-id")
+        font-id (obj/get data "font-id" fonts/default-font)
         font-variant-id (obj/get data "font-variant-id")
 
         font-family (obj/get data "font-family")
@@ -97,25 +97,46 @@
 
 (defn get-all-fonts [node]
   (let [current-font (if (not (nil? (:font-id node)))
-                       #{(:font-id node)}
+                       #{(select-keys node [:font-id :font-variant-id])}
                        #{})
         children-font (map get-all-fonts (:children node))]
     (reduce set/union (conj children-font current-font))))
 
 
-(defn fetch-font [font-id]
-  (let [{:keys [family variants]} (get @fonts/fontsdb font-id)]
-    (-> (js/fetch (fonts/gfont-url family variants))
+(defn fetch-font [font-id font-variant-id]
+  (let [font-url (fonts/font-url font-id font-variant-id)]
+    (-> (js/fetch font-url)
         (p/then (fn [res] (.text res))))))
 
-(defn embed-font [font-id]
-  (p/let [font-text (fetch-font font-id)
-          url-to-data (->> font-text
-                        (re-seq #"url\(([^)]+)\)")
-                        (map second)
-                        (map df/fetch-as-data-uri)
-                        (p/all))]
-    (reduce (fn [text [url data]] (str/replace text url data)) font-text url-to-data)))
+(defonce font-face-template "
+/* latin */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: '$0';
+  font-style: $3;
+  font-weight: $2;
+  font-display: block;
+  src: url(/fonts/%(0)s-$1.woff) format('woff');
+}
+")
+
+(defn get-local-font-css [font-id font-variant-id]
+  (let [{:keys [family variants]} (get @fonts/fontsdb font-id)
+        {:keys [name weight style]} (->> variants (filter #(= (:id %) font-variant-id)) first)
+        css-str (str/format font-face-template [family name weight style])]
+    (p/resolved css-str)))
+
+(defn embed-font [{:keys [font-id font-variant-id] :or {font-variant-id "regular"}}]
+  (let [{:keys [backend]} (get @fonts/fontsdb font-id)]
+    (p/let [font-text (case backend
+                        :google (fetch-font font-id font-variant-id)
+                        (get-local-font-css font-id font-variant-id))
+            url-to-data (->> font-text
+                             (re-seq #"url\(([^)]+)\)")
+                             (map second)
+                             (map df/fetch-as-data-uri)
+                             (p/all))]
+      (reduce (fn [text [url data]] (str/replace text url data)) font-text url-to-data))
+    ))
 
 (mf/defc text-node
   [{:keys [node index] :as props}]
@@ -128,6 +149,7 @@
      (fn []
        (when (and embed-resources? (= type "root"))
          (let [font-to-embed (get-all-fonts node)
+               font-to-embed (if (empty? font-to-embed) #{{:font-id fonts/default-font}} font-to-embed)
                embeded (map embed-font font-to-embed)]
            (-> (p/all embeded)
                (p/then (fn [result] (reset! embeded-fonts (str/join "\n" result)))))))))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text.cljs
index 2f9b9d9a3..c1df7db0d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text.cljs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
    [app.main.ui.workspace.shapes.common :as common]
    [app.main.ui.shapes.text :as text]
    [app.main.ui.keyboard :as kbd]
+   [app.main.ui.context :as muc]
    [app.main.fonts :as fonts]
    [app.util.color :as color]
    [app.util.dom :as dom]
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
         selected? (and (contains? selected id)
                        (= (count selected) 1))
 
+        embed-resources? (mf/use-ctx muc/embed-ctx)
+
         on-mouse-down   #(handle-mouse-down % shape)
         on-context-menu #(common/on-context-menu % shape)
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@
                :on-mouse-down on-mouse-down
                :on-context-menu on-context-menu}
      [:*
-      (when (not edition?)
+      (when (and (not edition?) (not embed-resources?))
         [:g {:opacity 0
              :style {:pointer-events "none"}}
          ;; We only render the component for its side-effect
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@
         text-transform (obj/get data "text-transform")
         line-height (obj/get data "line-height")
 
-        font-id (obj/get data "font-id")
+        font-id (obj/get data "font-id" fonts/default-font)
         font-variant-id (obj/get data "font-variant-id")
 
         font-family (obj/get data "font-family")